Pawan Kumar Kedia is an Indian politician and a member of

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. He represents the

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Kushinagar district Kushinagar is a district of the state of Uttar Pradesh in India situated in the easternmost part of the state. It has the administrative headquarters at Ravindra Nagar Dhoos. The district is named such after the town Kushinagar, a Buddhist pil ...

of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the

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Early life and education

Kedia was born on 1 December 1965 in Hata,

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to his father Sitaram Kedia. He married Amita Kedia in 1991, they have a son. He belongs to

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community. He got M.Com. degree from

Gorakhpur University Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University (formerly known as Gorakhpur University) is located in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The University of Gorakhpur is a teaching and residential-cum-affiliating University. It has entered the league of top fi ...

in 1990.

Political career

Kedia started his political journey as Head of Department (HOD) of

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and

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from 1994 to 2010. In 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2012) elections, he contested from

as an

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. Still, he lost to SP's Radheshyam Singh and stood in sixth with 8,914 (4.81%) votes. In 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2017) elections, he got a ticket by

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from Hata. He was elected MLA by defeating

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candidate Radheshyam Singh by a margin of 53,076 votes.

Posts held

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kedia, Pawan Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh People from Kushinagar district Living people Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022 1965 births